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Chapter 986: Loyal Bones Buried in the Green Mountains

Of course Yang Yuanshan had no idea what outrageous actions the Japanese devils in Jinyang City were taking.

After daybreak, he called Political Commissar Zhou Xianpei to ask:
"Old Zhou, how many soldiers have you recruited from Xin County and Jinchang County?"

“There are about 700 to 800 people.

When the villagers heard that they could get 10 yuan of resettlement allowance and 20 kilograms of food by joining the army, they were very enthusiastic and at least thousands of people signed up.

But I didn’t lower the recruitment standards and only selected this many.”

Zhou Xianpei was busy until midnight last night and his eyes were still red and his face looked tired.

"Okay, there are seven or eight hundred people, not bad.

Maybe we can recruit more later?

Yang Yuanshan nodded with satisfaction.

This time, the special forces regiment has fought in turns, and the cumulative casualties have reached nearly 7000.

But Zhao Li brought 1500 people from Qixia Town to reinforce.

Li Yunlong sent nearly 800 people, Yang Yuanshan himself got 900 people from the three regiments of the Wutai Division, and now Zhou Xianpei has recruited another 4000 to people, so there are more than people in total.

It is almost possible to fill up the special forces regiment to about 80% of its strength.

If Han Yang and Zhao Tietou can gather 3000 people from the nearby villages in the next two days, the special forces regiment will be able to return to its full strength of 1 people!

Although adding so many new recruits will lead to a decline in combat effectiveness.

But the special forces regiment has no shortage of weapons, their artillery is stronger, and their combat effectiveness may not be much weaker than before the war.

It's always possible for the new recruits to fire randomly, provide covering fire, or act as ammunition handlers!

By then, the Japanese will definitely be severely defeated!

……

Zhou Xianpei didn't know that Yang Yuanshan was thinking about these ideas in his mind. When he heard his question, he quickly answered:
"Captain, don't hold out too much hope.

I estimate that we can only recruit another four to five hundred people at most, and that will be the limit.

The population of these two counties was not large to begin with, and they had been occupied by the Japanese for so long that a large number of young and strong men were forcibly conscripted to build artillery towers and repair fortifications, and many were tortured to death.

"Okay, I get it.

Just take whatever you can get.

So, Lao Zhou, you arrange for people to gather all those who have signed up to serve at the foot of Yuwangling Mountain. I will personally train them and try to recruit them into the various battalions before the Japanese invaders attack."

Yang Yuanshan thought that he had nothing to do today, so it would be a good idea to train the new recruits, so he made arrangements immediately.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Zhou Xianpei nodded and prepared to get to work.

"Old Zhou, when we captured Xin County, didn't Zhao Tietou's Fifth Battalion seize some cloth?

Later I asked you to arrange people to mobilize the villagers in the city to help us make military uniforms. How many have you made now?"

Yang Yuanshan thought of the question about the recruits' uniforms again, so he quickly grabbed him and continued asking.

“There should be more than a thousand pieces.

But now many of the villagers who supported us have begun to evacuate, so the speed of making military uniforms has slowed down. "

Zhou Xianpei replied with a frown.

"It's okay, just use as much as you have.

Lao Zhou, have someone deliver the finished ones first. As for the rest, if there is no time to make them, just ship them back to Qixia Town to make them.”

Yang Yuanshan explained.

"Okay, I understand. I'll arrange it right away."

……

Soon, groups of young men with curious faces came out from Xinxian and Jinchang and arrived at the foot of Yuwang Ridge.

Yang Yuanshan, along with several guards including Zhang Xiaohe, acted as instructors and began brutal training for them.

Carrying heavy loads and marching quickly, charging in skirmish formations, using firearms, and coordinating tactics...

The various training programs left the recruits completely breathless and without any rest time at all.

As soon as they joined the army, they encountered this devilish training. The new recruits immediately complained in their hearts, and some even felt a little regretful.

I thought to myself: Being a soldier is so hard!

Damn it, if he wasn’t beaten to death by the Japanese, he would probably be exhausted to death by the training, right?

Fortunately, at lunchtime, they had enough filling steamed buns and wild vegetable and meat soup, and immediately no one complained anymore.

Everyone was thinking in their hearts: To be able to eat such delicious food, it is worth it even if we have to sweat and work hard, even if we have to fight the Japanese right now!
After completing a day's training, in the evening, Yang Yuanshan gave all of them a new military uniform and half-new military boots.

Most of the new recruits have never worn new clothes in their lives.

Now that I'm wearing the military uniform and boots, I feel very impressive.

It feels like I have reached the peak of my life!
I feel like I made the right decision to be a soldier!

However, although it was late, they could not rest, but had to continue their ideological class.

It didn't end until around 10 o'clock in the evening.

……

In this way, while Yang Yuanshan was leading the new recruits and sweating, the various battalions of the special forces regiment were also busy with their own work in an orderly manner.

For a moment, the entire Xinkou area fell into a strange state of busyness.

……

At noon the next day, Zhan Haishan hurriedly ran from the headquarters to the foot of the mountain and said to Yang Yuanshan, who was demonstrating the crawling posture to the new recruits:

"Captain, a telegram from the superiors!"

Yang Yuanshan handed over the training to Zhang Xiaohe and others, and walked aside to ask:

"What did the leader say again?"

"Political Commissar Zhao has obtained intelligence reports saying that the Japanese 1st and 8th Divisions have almost assembled in the Shimen area and will probably move westward tomorrow at the latest.

Now the Japanese reconnaissance planes have been appearing along the Zhengtai Road. "

As Zhan Haishan spoke, he handed over the telegram in his hand.

Yang Yuanshan took it and looked at it, then nodded:

“The Japs are gathering very quickly!
It seems that Okamura Ji Ning is preparing to sweep our northwest Shanxi with a thunderous momentum. "

When Zhan Haishan heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he sighed solemnly:
"Yes. I also vaguely felt that a storm was coming.

Once these two Japanese divisions move westward, their offensive will probably be very fierce."

"Any other telegrams?"

Yang Yuanshan asked seriously.

“Yes, this morning, Captain Gao from the First Artillery Battalion called me.

It was said that their continued shelling finally irritated the Japanese in Jinyang City.

Two regiments were sent out to fight their way out of the city."

"Haha, two regiments, the Japs are quite cautious.

Yuanzhi and the others weren't bitten, right?"

Yang Yuanshan thought that since Zhan Haishan had just received the telegram and didn't rush to find him, it must be nothing serious.

"of course not.

Regimental Commander He and his men led five regiments of troops, fighting and retreating with the Japanese, at the cost of nearly a thousand casualties, and covered the first artillery battalion's retreat to the east of Xigang Mountain. "

"My goodness! I have given them so many enhanced equipments, but they still suffered nearly a thousand casualties in one encounter?
After all, these regiments are just the core regiments of our army.

If the New 1st Regiment or the Independent Regiment came, even if they couldn't take care of the two regiments, they certainly wouldn't have suffered so many casualties."

Yang Yuanshan sighed.

I know that although the equipment in He Dingwei's hands is powerful, they still cannot fully utilize the equipment.

"Captain, please stop comparing other basic regiments with our troops in northwestern Shanxi.

"As for our experience in large-scale field battles with the Japanese, no matter how many main regiments we have, we can't compare to them!"

Zhan Haishan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Hahaha, that's true."

Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but burst into laughter, and then asked:
"and after?

The Japanese were badly beaten by the First Battalion on Xigang Mountain, right? "

"That's right. When the Japanese saw that Captain He and his men had retreated, they pursued them relentlessly.

Even though they saw trenches and fortifications on Xigang Mountain, they didn't care.

Then Xu Wei and a battalion of soldiers beat them up with artillery and heavy machine guns.

At this time, Gao Yuanzhi also led the first battalion of artillery back and used dozens of mountain cannons to bombard them. The Japanese lost at least a thousand people and could only retreat in a panic and retreat back to Jinyang City.

Now Captain Gao and his men are continuing to bombard Jinyang City."

"Well done! That's how we have to deal with the Japs!"

Yang Yuanshan praised it repeatedly.

After a moment's thought, he said to Zhan Haishan:
"Come on, Haishan, let's send a telegram to Political Commissar Zhao and ask about the situation of the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment."

"Captain, are you worried that the two Japanese divisions will advance too fast if no one stops them?"

Zhan Haishan asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, we still have a lot of people in the field hospital and Qixia Town.

If the two Japanese divisions arrive too quickly and they don’t have time to move, our losses will be huge.”

……

After a while, the two returned to the temporary command post halfway up the mountain, and Yang Yuanshan ordered the telegraph operator to send a message to Zhao Gang.

About half an hour later, the telegraph operator stood up and reported:
"Captain, Political Commissar Zhao has called back: At present, all our regiments in northwest Shanxi have withdrawn to their base areas.

Now the New 1st Regiment has been laying mines and building blocking fortifications everywhere in the eastern section of Zhengtai Road.

The independent regiment has also withdrawn to Shuiquan, and plans to head north to Heyuan County after a short rest.

Together with the New 1st Regiment, we fought against the Japanese.

The New Second Regiment has also withdrawn to Shou County to rest and recuperate. If we need them, we can always ask them to go north to support Qixia Town."

"Okay! Now I feel relieved.

With the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment blocking the eastern section of Zhengtai Road, even if the Japanese have two divisions, it will take at least ten days to half a month to reach our Qixia Town!"

Yang Yuanshan breathed a sigh of relief.

There was also a little more smile on his face.

"Captain, it seems that the situation is still very favorable for us. I wonder how the special operations company is progressing."

Zhan Haishan smiled with worry.

"From here to Yanmen Pass, it's only about 170 miles.

Judging from the speed the monks were going, they should be almost there by now.

There should be news in two days at most.

There is no point in us worrying now.”

Yang Yuanshan answered after thinking for a while.

Then he paced and thought for a while, and arranged:

"Send a telegram to Zhao Tietou and Han Yang, asking them to withdraw their troops before tomorrow evening.

We recruit as many soldiers as we can.

We don't have much time left, and the newly recruited soldiers must be trained before they can be incorporated into the various camps.

They can’t wait until the Japs arrive before rushing back.”

"Yes!"

……

Around 11 o'clock the next morning, Zhao Tietou returned with the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion and the new recruits they had recruited.

After staying in the mountains for several days, the uniforms of the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion were all tattered and became like beggars' clothes.

But their eyes emanated an invisible murderous aura, and they were obviously a brave army.

Moreover, there was a lot of oil on everyone's face.

It seems that this time when they went into the mountains, they caused a lot of harm to the jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains.

And those new recruits seemed to be walking out of the mountain village for the first time. Everything they saw felt extremely new and their eyes were very clear and curious.

Yang Yuanshan quickly asked Zhan Haishan to arrange for the soldiers to rest, and he took Zhao Tietou into the headquarters and handed him a kettle:
"Come, drink some water first.

Tell me more about your experience this time."

Zhao Tietou took the kettle and drank it all in one gulp.

Then he wiped his mouth and recounted in detail the journey of pursuing the remnants of the Japanese devils, clearing out the bandits, and going deep into the mountain villages to start fighting among the masses.

Yang Yuanshan heard that they had actually crossed hundreds of mountains and penetrated dozens of mountain villages in just a few days, and finally wiped out more than a dozen remnants of the Japanese army and cleared out five groups of bandits, a total of more than 800 people.

He immediately patted his shoulder with satisfaction:

“Tietou, your Fifth Battalion did a great job this time.

Hard work!
Go back and report the names of the outstanding soldiers and their deeds to Lao Zhou, and let Lao Zhou recommend you for credit!"

Being recognized, Zhao Tietou couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

Choking and saying:
"Commander, we lost 83 soldiers this time and more than 160 were injured.

Because we still had a mission to do, I asked the soldiers to bury the remains of the martyrs on the spot. "

"Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green mountains!
Tietou, remember to write a report and report the names of the martyrs and the burial places of their remains.

In the future, when we have driven away the Japanese, we will build a martyrs' cemetery and bury them all together for future generations to worship them.

If there are still people in the family who can move the remains, they can also be moved and buried in their respective ancestral graves.”

Yang Yuanshan let out a long sigh.

During the years of fighting with the Japanese, countless passionate men shed their blood silently on the land they loved.

His abilities are limited, so he can only try his best to prevent the martyrs under his command from becoming unknown heroes!

Zhao Tietou's eyes were already moist, and he nodded repeatedly:

"Commander, I have asked the company, platoon and squad leaders to remember this.

I will ask them to write down their situations later."

"Have you had the wounded carried back?

I noticed that there were quite a few stretchers in your team."

Yang Yuanshan asked again.

“Well, they’ve all been brought back.

We brought medicines with us, and the medical staff gave the wounded a simple treatment.

But there are no conditions for surgery, and the bullets in the bodies of the wounded have not yet been removed."

"Well, there is no time to delay in sending the wounded back to the field hospital. It is urgent!
Go find Lao Zhou later and ask him to arrange it immediately!
He is now dispatching the villagers from Xinxian and Jinchang counties to evacuate, so he can help you transport the wounded back at the same time."

"Yes!"

After talking about the casualties that made both of them feel unhappy, Yang Yuanshan forced himself to control his emotions and changed the subject:

"I see you brought back quite a few young and strong men, are they all new recruits?

How many people are there in total?

"505th

The arable land in this mountain village is even less than that in our base, and the population in the village is also smaller.

We really can’t find many who meet our regiment’s recruitment requirements.”

Zhao Tietou sighed.

I feel like I didn't do a good job.

"505 people, that's enough. The time given to you is too short after all."

Yang Yuanshan was certainly not very satisfied with this person, but he couldn't blame Zhao Tietou either.

Based on his understanding of this old subordinate of his, he knew that the other party must have made his greatest effort and was definitely not slacking off!

"Captain, you called us back. Is it because the Japanese 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade has arrived?"

Zhao Tietou asked curiously, with a hint of eagerness in his tired eyes.

“Not yet, but I think it will be soon.”

Yang Yuanshan nodded slightly.

"Captain, what is the mission of our Fifth Battalion?
You give the order, and we will ensure that the mission is accomplished!"

"It's just a brigade of the Japanese. It's a piece of cake. Your battalion has worked so hard for so long, and the soldiers are very tired.

We will first go to Jinchang County to garrison, rest, and restore our combat effectiveness."

"Yes!"

Zhao Tietou saluted Yang Yuanshan and turned away.

……

(End of this chapter)